Housing
Mission Local tracks San Francisco’s housing crisis: who the city builds for, who gets displaced, and what happens to the people left in between.
Out of the shadows: S.F. limits when shade can be used to block new housing
Supervisors passed a law aimed at cutting some of the red tape in the city’s “notorious” housing process.
Affordable housing
S.F. supervisor seeks to bar evictions for less than a month’s unpaid rent
Supervisor Jackie Fielder’s legislation is co-sponsored by five supervisors and supported by the mayor
Future low-income senior housing at 1234 Great Highway still a Motel 6 for now
Preliminary project permits for 1234 Great Highway in the Sunset were resubmitted. But the project is still “on hiatus.”
San Francisco cuts affordable housing requirement from 15% to 5%
The Board of Supervisors voted to reduce the rate after the city controller warned new housing was too difficult to build.
Bernal neighbors welcome Supervisor Fielder at first town hall since her return
Fielder said she’s proposing amendments for the Mission District to a legislation that cuts inclusionary rates across the city.
Homelessness
Survey says: San Franciscans feel city government improved, but streets still poor
The 2026 San Francisco city survey results are out, and ratings for most city services are on the mend.
S.F. cracked down on RV dwellers. A year later, many have left the city altogether.
Data shows that a year after San Francisco’s RV ban, 1/3 of RV dwellers using city aid have moved outside of city limits.
S.F.’s trailblazing pretrial program is closing. Its replacement isn’t ready.
The SF Pretrial Diversion Project is no longer taking new clients and the city’s defendants are paying the price.
Planning and inspection
At Richmond District town hall on Safeway housing project, neighbors see an assault on democracy
Some 60 people attended to listen and air their thoughts about a proposed eight-story Safeway redevelopment project in the Outer Richmond.
Despite angry merchants, S.F. approves Therapy Stores spot in the Richmond
Is Therapy a chain that triggers the city’s formula retail laws?
Tchotchke-shop chain draws ire of Clement Street merchants
The city’s planning commission will soon vote on whether to allow Therapy Stores, a formula retail chain store, to open on Clement Street.
S.F. supervisor announces plan to create new department of housing
Myrna Melgar wants to pull the housing department out of the mayor’s office — as well as kick-start a co-op program and a bike lane rollout.
S.F. teacher housing at 18th and Mission is on ice, emails show
The project, which was set to bring 63 units of housing for teachers, has been on paused for over a year. It’s unclear how it will proceed.
Both California and San Francisco passed drug-free housing bills. How would they coexist?
State legislators just approved a new bill that will open up drug-free housing across the state. So did SF, in July. How will they interact?
‘Fix this place:’ For residents at Alice Griffith, S.F. settlement brings mixed emotions
$9M settlement will force public housing landlords to pay for major property improvements. Tenants say they’re owed compensation too.
‘It’s called being in prison:’ San Francisco has a broken-elevator problem
About 3,000 buildings in San Francisco have just one elevator. When they break down, it can be hell for senior and disabled residents.
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